English

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. (biblical) New Testament name for the prophet Jeremiah.
   • 1611 King James Version of the Bible: Matthew 16:14:

     Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

2. A male given name, more common in the forms Jeremy and Jeremiah.

Danish

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. (biblical) Jeremiah; Jeremias.
2. A male given name.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjereˌmiɑs/
• Hyphenation: Je‧re‧mi‧as

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name of biblical origin.

Declension

Related terms

• (modern biblical form) Jeremia
• (given names) Jarkko, Jarmo, Jarno, Jere, Jorma

German

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name, variant of Jeremia.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hiē̆rē̆mī̆ās, Īē̆remīās

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας ‎(Ieremías), from the Hebrew יִרְמְיָה.

Proper noun

Jērē̆mī̆ās m ‎(genitive Jērē̆mī̆ae); first declension

1. A male given name — famously held by:
   1. (biblical) Jeremiah (major prophet of the Hebrew Bible)
2. (biblical, more fully “Liber Jeremiae”) (Book of) Jeremiah (book of the Old Testament)

Declension

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.

References

• Jērĕmīas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Jērēmīās”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 868/1.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name , variant of Jeremia.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Jēremīas, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας ‎(Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʒe.ɾe.ˈmi.ɐs/

Proper noun

Jeremias m

1. (biblical) Jeremiah (a prophet)
2. (biblical) Jeremiah (book of the Old Testament)
3. A male given name, equivalent to English Jeremiah

Swedish

Proper noun

Jeremias

1. A male given name, variant of Jeremia.